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Narcissus continued. 



LEEDSII (LEEDS' EUCHARIS-FLOWERED WHITE DAFFODILS, WITH 



WHITE OR PRIMROSE CHALICE-SHAPED CUP). 

 Acts. Perianth white ; cup elegantly stained orange, changing to 



white. 



Albion. Perianth white, large and starry ; cup canary. 

 Amabilis. Perianth white, large, and spreading; cup passing 



from primrose to white, long and conspicuous. 

 Arsinoe. Perianth white ; cup canary. Medium-sized flower. 



w>m. 



FIG. 653. NARCISSUS LEEDSII BEATRICE. 



Beatrice. Perianth white, fine form ; cup changing from lemon 



to white, remarkably elegant. Of the white hybrids, this is the 



purest, and possesses the highest type of beauty. See Fig. 653. 

 Ceres. Perianth white, neat, and small ; cup edged with orange. 

 Circe (gloriosm). Perianth white ; cup changing from canary 



to white. 



Duchess of Brabant. Perianth white ; cup canary. 

 Duchess of Westminster. Perianth white, large ; cup canary, 



tinged orange on first expanding, long. Distinct and very hand- 

 some. 

 Elegans. Perianth white, large, drooping, and somewhat 



shouldered ; cup primrose, sometimes stained apricot, long. 



Very distinct. 

 Fanny Mason. Perianth white ; cup canary. Medium-sized 



flower. 

 Flora. Perianth white ; cup stained orange. On first opening, the 



flowers are drooping. 

 Gem. Perianth white, of model form ; cup lemon, passing to 



white. Very distinct. 

 Grand Duchess. Perianth white, and starry; cup changing 



from stained orange to white, spreading. 

 Hon. Mrs. Barton. Perianth white, large, and broad; cup 



changing from primrose to white. A remarkable variety. 

 lanthe (Vincenti delicatus). Perianth white; cup canary. 



Medium-sized flower. 

 Katherine Spurrell. Perianth white, broad, and overlapping ; 



cup canary. Large flower ; very distinct. 

 Leedsii. Perianth white, and somewhat starry ; cup lemon, 



changing to white. 

 Madge Matthew. Perianth white, large; cup passing from 



canary to primrose, elegant. 

 Maria Magdaline de Graaff. Perianth white ; cup suffused 



orange. Usually two-flowered. Very distinct in flower and 



foliage ; the latter is broad and drooping. 

 Minnie Hume. Perianth white, large ; cup changing from 



canary to white, large and spreading. A remarkable variety. 

 Mrs. Langtry. Perianth white, broad ; cup white, large. A 



very distinct flower. 



Palmerston. Perianth white; cup canary. 

 Princess of Wales. Perianth white, small, and neat ; cup 



opening canary, changing to white, large and spreading. A 



gem. 

 Queen of England. Perianth white, large ; cup canary, large, 



expanded, style of Minnie Hume. 

 Snperbus. Perianth white, large, and dog-eared ; cup passing 



from primrose to white. 



HUMEI (HUME'S DOG-EARED DAFFODILS, WITH 

 STRAIGHT CROWN). 



Concolor. Perianth and trumpet uniform yellow. A very re- 

 markable hybrid. 



Giant. Perianth yellow, changing to sulphur ; trumpet yellow. 

 Flower very large, and of extraordinary character. 



Sulphur. Perianth sulphury-white ; trumpet yellow. 

 distinct plant 



A very 



Narcissus continued. 



BACKHOUSEI (BACKHOUSE'S DAFFODILS, WITH COFFEE-CUP- 

 SHAPED CROWN). 



Backhouse!. Cup yellow, long, nearly equalling the spreading sul- 

 phury perianth. Flowers horizontal, with distinct basal tube. 

 Of bold habit 



William Wilks. Perianth primrose, spreading, closely imbri- 

 cated ; trumpet striking orange-yellow, frilled at the brim. Very 

 distinct. 



Wolley Dod. Perianth primrose, large, spreading; trumpet 

 deep yellow, short. A very distinct, handsome Daffodil. 



NELSONI (NELSON'S DAFFODILS, WITH GOBLET-SHAPED CROWN). 



Aurantius. Perianth white, broad, flat, and spreading ; cup suf- 

 fused with orange-scarlet, ribbed, and expanding at the mouth. 



Perianth white, broad, flat, and spreading ; cup 

 low, and expanding. 



Margaret Jones. Perianth sulphur-white, somewhat wavy ; 

 cup yellow. A hybrid of Mr. Leichtlin's (Empress x Poeticus 

 r/randiflorug). 



Minor. Perianth white ; cup yellow. Flower small, and compara- 

 tively dwarf ; distinguished by pistil projecting beyond mouth of 

 the cup. 



Mrs. C. J. Backhouse. Perianth pure white, and broad ; cup 

 yellow, and very long. 



Nelsoni. Perianth white, large; cup yellow, usually suffused 

 orange on first opening, straight. 



Pulchellus. Perianth white ; cup yellow. Flower of somewhat 

 drooping character on first opening ; distinguished by the cam- 

 panulate shape of the imbricated perianth. 



Stanley. Perianth white, large, and rigid ; cup yeUow. 



William Backhouse. Perianth white ; cup yellow. Evidently 

 the same cross as Nelsoni major, but with a pure yellow cup, 

 thus showing that Mr. Leeds and Mr. Backhouse, in crossing, 

 used similar flowers. 



BERNARDI (BERNARD'S PYRENEAN DAFFODILS). 



Bernard!. Perianth white; cup yellow. Sturdy foliage. The 

 Hon. Mrs. Barton, Straffan House, county Kildare, collected this 

 handsome hybrid a few miles from Luchon, on the Pyrenees, 1878, 

 and it has been verified by Mr. Burbidge as the type Bernardi. 



Fritton Decoy. Perianth white ; cup yellow, edged with orange. 



H. E. Buxton. Perianth white; cup suffused with orange- 

 scarlet. 



TRIBYMUS (TRIPLE-CROWN DAFFODILS). 



A. Rawson. Flowers yellow, large, bold, well imbricated. 



Duchess of Albany. Perianth sulphur ; cup yellow. 



Duke of Albany. Perianth sulphur ; cup orange. 



Grand Duke of Hesse. Perianth creamy-white ; cup yellow. 



Innocence. Perianth sulphur-white, small ; cup yellow. 



Princess Alice. Perianth creamy-white ; cup orange. 



S. A. de Graaff. Flowers bold yellow, changing to primrose, 

 large, well imbricated ; cup yellow. 



Tridymus. Perianth and cup yellow. Plant somewhat recum- 

 bent. 



THE DOUBLE-FLOWERED NONSUCH AND PEERLESS DAFFODILS 

 (Incomparabilis plenus), 



Albus plenus aurantius (Eggs and Bacon, Orange Phcenix). 



Double white, with orange nectary. 

 Albus plenus sulphurous (Codlings and Cream, Sulphur 



Phoenix). The Double White Peerless Daffodil, with sulphur 



nectary. 

 Aurantius plenus (Butter and Eggs, Golden Phoenix). Double 



yellow, orange nectary. 



QUEEN ANNE'S DOUBLE JONQUIL. 



Odorus minor plenus. Flowers of a rich full yellow, not 

 unlike a small double yellow rose. 



Group III. ParvicoronatL 



BURBIDGEI (BURBIDGE'S POETICUS DAFFODILS, WITH SAUCER- 

 SHAPED CUP). 



Agnes Barr. Perianth creamy-white ; cup yellow. 



Baroness Heath. Perianth primrose, changing to white ; cup 



suffused with orange, drooping. Foliage strong. Very distinct. 

 Beatrice Heseltine. Perianth creamy-white, passing to pure 



white ; cup conspicuously edged with orange-scarlet, as in eon- 



spicuug. 

 BOX. Perianth yellow ; cup citron, and plaited. 



